CNN Commentator Accuses Black Radio Host of ‘White Privilege’

Areva Martin apparently didn't do enough research before she appeared on David Webb's show

Attorney and CNN analyst Areva Martin found herself in an incredibly awkward situation when she accused Sirius XM radio host and Fox News contributor David Webb of benefiting from his “white privilege” — even though the man is black.

Martin (pictured above right) spoke with Webb (above left) during a segment on his radio show on Monday.

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The two discussed a range of topics, from attorney general nominee William Barr’s confirmation hearings to the cable news networks’ lack of racial diversity.

In particular, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) recently called out CBS News for failing to hire any black reporters to cover the 2020 presidential election process.

“This WH admin has made having a functional understanding of race in America one of the most important core competencies for a political journalist to have, yet @CBSNews hasn’t assigned a *single* black journalist to cover the 2020 election. Unacceptable in 2019. Try again,” Ocasio-Cortez tweeted on Saturday — using asterisks around words she wants to emphasizes, as she often does in her tweets.

This WH admin has made having a functional understanding of race in America one of the most important core competencies for a political journalist to have, yet @CBSNews hasn’t assigned a *single* black journalist to cover the 2020 election.

“You went immediately with an assumption — your people obviously, or you, didn’t look,” Webb said. “You’re talking to a black man who started out in rock radio in Boston who crossed the paths into hip-hop rebuilding one of the greatest black stations in American and went on to work for Fox News — where I’m told apparently blacks aren’t supposed to work.”